Clamping type in type-galleys.



PATENTBD APR. 2', 1907.

R. W. GOEB. GLAMBING TYPE IN TYPE GALLEYS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED `JA.N. 4, 1907.

ww w 5 e m W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH W. GOEB, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE LEWIS PUB-LISHING COMPANY, OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF SOUTHDAKOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Yimatentecl April 2, 1907.

Application iiled Jallllaly 4, 1907. Serial No. 350,783.

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH WV. GOEB, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Clamping Type in Type-Galleys, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specilication, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a type-galleyshowing my improved clamping device therein and with the ends of itsclamping member disengaged from the sides of the galley. Fig. 2 is aview similar to Fig. l showing the ends of the clamping member inoperative engagement with the sides of the galley, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of my improved device.

This invention relates to devices for loclring or clamping type intype-galleys.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of simple constructionthat will securely clamp the type in position and which cannot beaccidentally displaced.

Briefly stated, my invention consists of a device that is stamped out ofsheet metal and adapted to be arranged inside of a galley and providedwith a yielding clamping member the ends of which contact with theinside faces of the sides of the galley for holding said device inposition.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of myinvention, l designates the base of my improved device, which ispreferably stamped out of sheet metal. The base l carries a clampinginember consisting of a piece 2, disposed at approximately right anglesto the base l and formed integral therewith, the ends of said piecebeing doubled back and then projecting rearwardly to form finger-pieces3.

Then the device is in operative position in a galley A, as shown in Fig.2, the ends 4 of the clamping member will engage the inside faces of thesides 5 of the galley, and thus hold the clamping member in intimateengagement with the top row of type 6 in the galleys, thereby clampingall of the rows of type together. Vhen it is desired to remove some ofthe type or place additional type in the galley, the nger-pieces 3 arepressed together, as shown in Fig. 1,.so as to force the ends of theclamping member rearwardly, and thus move them out of engagement withthe inside faces of the sides of the galley, the

clamping member being formed of material which is sufficiently resilientto spring back into its normal position when the lingerpieces 3 arerelieved from pressure. After the ends 4 of the clamping member havebeen disengaged from the sides of the galley the device can be movedupwardly toward the upper end of the galley `or removed from the galley.As the ends of the clamping member can only yield rearwardly or towardthe upper end of the galley, the device can be moved from the upper endof the galley toward the lower end thereof without pressing thefinger-pieces 3 together. It will be impossible, however, to move thedeyice in the opposite direction-namely, toward the upper end of thegalley-without first pressing the iinger-pieces 3 together.

A device. of this construction can be manufactured at a very small cost,due to the fact that it is stamped out of a single piece of metal, andit also possesses another very desirable feature-namely, surfaces 4L ofgreat length for engagement with the inside faces of the sides of thegalley, so that when the device is in operative position, as shown inFig. 2, it will be impossible to accidentally displace it even if thegalley is turned end for end, so that the entire weight of the type isborne by the clamping member 2. In fact, the greater pressure thisclamping member is subjected to the more firmly will its ends engage theinside faces of the sides of the galle yHaving thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

l. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a yieldingclamping member carried by said base, the ends of said clamping memberbeing adapted to engage the inside faces of the sides of the galley, andlinger-pieces on said clamping member adapted to be pressed together formoving the ends of said clamping member out of engagement with the sidesof the galley; substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described, adapted to be placed in atype-galley to IOO clamp the type therein, and comprising a v clampingmember formed of yielding matel 4c. A device of the character described,

rial and having the end ortions thereof doubled and bent rearWar ly toprovide fingerpieces; substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described, adapted to be placed in atype-galley to clamp the type Jtherein, and comprising a base-piece anda clamping member formed Jfrom a single piece of sheet metal, theinterro mediate portion of said clamping member sides of the galley tohold the device in posi- :5 tion; substantially as described.

constructed from a single piece of sheet metal, and comprising a base, aclamping member consisting of a piece disposed at approximately rightangles to the base and having the end portions thereof doubled and bentrearwardly to form finger-pieces 8; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence oftWo Witnesses, this 31st day of December, 1906.

RUDOLPH W. GOEB.

Witnesses:

WELLs L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL. un

